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Meanings of defalcation in английском

португальский
apropriação
каталонский
desfalcament

The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.

        apropriação

        Misappropriation of funds by an entrusted person.

              Usage of defalcation in английском
              1
              At last a crisis came; the defalcation could be concealed no longer.
              A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Tim...
              2
              One of its families once suffered a slight loss from a defalcation.
              The Communistic Societies of the United States / From Personal V...
              3
              And, finally, there is no defalcation of revenue, no pressure of taxation.
              The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa...
              4
              This matter of Cowperwood's and Stener's defalcation he had long heard of.
              The Financier: A Novel
              5
              They once had a defalcation, but only of a trifling amount.
              The Communistic Societies of the United States / From Personal V...
              6
              Evidently there had been a defalcation on rather a large scale.
              Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
              7
              The ten thousand, then, was not the figures of a defalcation.
              Revenge!
              8
              On Monday I came on the first trace of defalcation.
              The Last Galley; Impressions and Tales
              9
              But a defalcation which occurred immediately afterwards was worse.
              The Duke's Children
              10
              This defalcation of Billy's would cripple him, for money had flown these last few years.
              The Right of Way — Volume 01
              11
              But the history of the Church of Caesarea affords the most extraordinary specimen of this defalcation.
              The Ancient Church: Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitu...
              12
              In this way month after month passed, until the defalcation rose to over a thousand dollars.
              Home Lights and Shadows
              13
              They are forever disgraced by defalcation in office.
              The Canadian Commonwealth
              14
              Since 1789 the treasury has disbursed more than seven billions of dollars without one serious defalcation.
              Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Refer...
              15
              He was suspected of serious defalcation, and the citizens of his native town turned against him.
              The Desired Woman
              16
              The first defalcation is only six months old.
              The Clique of Gold
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              Translations for defalcation
              каталонский
              desfalcamentmalversaciódesfalc
              Defalcation through the time
              Defalcation across language varieties
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